vVol creatiion on VSAN Free

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DataBitz
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Thu Feb 21, 2019 2:52 am

I'm looking for some guidance about how to create a vVol using Powershell on VSAN free.
Based on what can be done in the UI, it looks like there should be an option with the New-Target command to specify a type of vVol.

UI reference.
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resour ... view-guide

These are the options I see.

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SYNTAX
    New-Target [-server] <Object> [-alias] <String> [[-name] <String>] [[-devices] <String[]>] [[-clustered] 
    <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
Oleg(staff)
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Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:36 am

Unfortunately, VVols configuration is not available via StarWindX library.
Sekkmer
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 10:26 am

IStarwindServer has a method:
CreateTarget(string targetAlias, string TargetName, Parameters builder)

You have to build your parameters for vvols:
$param.AppendParam("targetType", "vvols")
The other parameter which can be set is "clustered" which can be "Yes" or " No"

TargetName can be an empty string.
Oleg(staff)
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Tue Feb 26, 2019 11:27 am

Sekkmer,
Thank you for your findings.
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